RCM respond to reports on PRB pay recommendation
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to reports that the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) has recommended an above-inflation pay rise of 5.5%. The PRB says this is in line with increases in private sector pay, that’s according to The Times today. Thousands of hard-working midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been waiting with increasing frustration […]
‘We all need to work harder to end racial and social disparities in maternity care,’ says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has renewed its call for urgent action at all levels to end racial and socioeconomic disparities. The call comes following the publication of the latest MBRRACE-UK report which shows that babies of Black ethnicity are more than twice as likely to be stillborn than white babies and worse pregnancy […]
RCM response to the Independent Culture Review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said that the publication today of the Independent Culture Review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will make difficult reading for the regulator and registrants. However, getting regulation right is imperative, both for midwives and nurses, and for the public. Gill Walton, RCM Chief Executive, said: “Sadly, […]
‘The country has voted for change, so let’s work together to change our maternity services for the better,’ says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) today will be writing to the new Secretary for State for Health and Social Care on their first day on the job to ensure improving UK maternity services is top of their agenda. The RCM says action on safety and staffing is urgently needed, not only for those using […]
Midwives give 100,000 hours of free labour to the NHS per week to keep England’s maternity services safe says RCM
A survey from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has revealed that midwives across England work around 100,000* extra unpaid hours a week to keep maternity services safe. That’s the message from an RCM survey of its members across England. It paints a deeply worrying picture of workplace conditions and the impact on safety in […]
Election is no excuse to delay already overdue pay rise says RCM
By Election is no excuse to delay already overdue pay rise says RCM on 28 May 2024 NHS Pay Review Body Pay Pay and Agenda For Change RCM RCM Member RCM Wales RCM Branches Welsh Government Government NHS Staff Staffing Levels Midwifery Midwives MSWs – Maternity Support Workers A General Election is no excuse to […]
Health leaders issue urgent advice as cases of whooping cough rise
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM), alongside The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG), and the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) are today issuing advice in a joint statement for parents, carers and healthcare professionals on whooping cough, otherwise known as pertussis. The latest […]
‘Let’s work together to build maternity services so they are the envy of the world’ RCM tells political parties
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called on all political parties to invest in maternity services to ensure that every woman and family that walks through the doors of any maternity service, anywhere in the country, is confident they are receiving the best possible care. The College has set out its three asks of […]
We must have a strategy to fix Northern Ireland’s growing maternity crisis, says RCM
on 30 May 2023 RCM Maternity Services Midwifery Midwives Northern Ireland Director For Northern Ireland Midwife Shortage Older Mothers Diabetes Safe high quality care Safety Staffing Levels State of Maternity Services Report Student midwives Women Women’s Choice Maternity Safety maternity care assistant The need for a maternity strategy in Northern Ireland has gone beyond urgent and is now critical says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The RCM’s warning comes as it publishes […]
Midwives in Northern Ireland work thousands of unpaid hours to keep services running safely
Findings published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have revealed that during just one week in April midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in Northern Ireland worked 4,300 unpaid hours to keep services running safely. Three quarters (70%) of those who responded to the RCM’s poll had worked extra unpaid hours during the week […]